ABSTRACT
Cairo is the capital of Egypt. It is one of the largest ten cities all over-world. It has a special character due to its location along the Nile. It has a long history since the beginning of Arab entry to Egypt at 642 (AC). After that the construction of Fatimid Cairo had been started at 969. The most developing of Cairo area was done during sultan Mohamed Ally’s period who invited the planners to put their ideas into Cairo urban area and develop it to be along the Nile sides through beautiful Bridges to connect west area with east one.
Accordingly Cairo area was enlarged. At 1952, “in terms of Naser revolution” a new concept of Cairo development was started through encouraging industries and trading services. Therefore Cairo became a pole of migrations from all Egypt regions since it has a lot changes for career opportunities.
Therefore, high increase of population had been done for Greater Cairo region. (Cairo, Giza, Qualubia) . This informal increase had a lot of bad effects. Egypt had been tried to solve all population problems and infrastructure through planning schemes for Greater Cairo region. Relatively it is essential to discuss these problems in order to manage and control the urban growth of Greater Cairo region.
Problem: -
In terms of Greater Cairo history, a lot of problems were appeared. They are mainly related to the random extensions and informal housing. High population density, over crowded streets, high rise buildings and informal areas are other problems. All these reasons are sufficient to encourage environmental damage and failure of Cairo infrastructure The absence of good following for urban laws (which guide urban growth) represent major factor of Cairo problems. . Therefore researchers direct their studies to solve all interacting problems of Cairo urban region. In this framework the idea of this study was done. It was directed to find essential policies and strategies, which stop urban extensions on the agriculture lands around Greater Cairo region.
Research Methodology: -
As a result of the comprehensive position of Greater Cairo plan “which related to all problems discussed before,” it is essential to put an elastic methodology to be able to consider all problems mentioned above. Therefor it is possible to find the best way for stopping informal extensions of the city on agriculture lands. The following diagram shows the Research Methodology.
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